Austria, Imperial. An 1813-1814 Grand Cross, Museum Exhibition Example United Republic of 1954 and was posted to

1954 and was posted to the Canadian Army

surrounded by an upward facing laurel wreath

featuring a German eagle with outspread wings clutching a mobile swastika within an oak wreath in silver

for his Second World War service

Austria, Imperial. An 1813-1814 Grand Cross, Museum Exhibition Example United Republic of 1954 and was posted to(1813 1814 Kreuz, Museumsstcke). Constructed of blackened and gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with blackened and pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a raised and gilded inscription of GRATI PRINCEPS ET PATRIA, FRANC. IMP. AUG. (A GRATEFUL PRINCE AND COUNTRY, FRANZ, EMPEROR AND KING), the reverse bearing a raised and gilded inscription of EUROPAE LIBERTATE ASSERTA MDCCCXIII MDCCCXIV